I’ve never had any difficulty parking right out front of City Hall or very nearby.

It sounds more like you can load a balance on a card. Or park on the street.

So if you know you’re going to need to park in Old Town, you have to go by City Hall on the way to Old Town? Not very convenient. I …

Sure, the 1st amendment doesn’t protect them in their employment, although I’m not sure how much government grant money fills NEC’s coffers, or if that even makes a difference. But, …

So now you’re a traffic engineer?

It’s not a credit card processing fee (typically in the range of 3%). Rather, it’s the cost of the software and hardware provided by Passport.

Arcata council members should go to the next NEC board meeting and read poetry.

Yes.And there very well could be a fire in that crowded theater.

Where there is no parking.

Most of the parking is still unmetered. For now anyway. And those that are metered keep pretty limited paid hours.

Still a steal imo. I remember being shocked at the low priced meters when I moved here

If memory serves, Reagan once declared, during heckling, something like : hey, I paid for this microphone. NOT a Reaganite, but he had a point. Free speech involves wide—open ((mostly) …

Screaming “fuck you” at city council members? Wow. It’s hard to imagine what they thought that would accomplish, regardless of the issue.

Am I confused or was it the NEC newsletter that came out with a published opinion that the planet could easily support another 10 billion people over the next 30 …

Naw, I think there’s a fireplace somewhere with one of these sculptures hanging over it. What a cool conversation piece, eh? And one for each buddy who helped pull them …

Yeah, I thought you were one of those Euro-American apologists who ignore the well-documented original super-abundance of fish and game under Tribal management and then, after 150 years of largely …

Once again, LOCO, what was the breakdown? Was it unanimous? If not, who voted for or against? You need to up your game when it comes to reporting on local …

You’re just trolling, right? Can’t be serious. You don’t see the difference between egrets and other predators eating fish and human beings poisoning almost 300 fish, accidentally or not? I’m …

Let me guess, low enough that tourists and Bayside residents will pay it, but too much for working families to shop or dine in the city.

True, but the long gut (really intermediate size) has a counterexample in the genome of humans vs other mammals, including omnivorous apes: specifically the ability to produce a much smaller …

Some of us have mobility issues and can’t bike or walk. And the bus schedules and routes do not get us where we need to be in a timely manner. …

Ok, let’s see…. C Street used to be a through street, meaning you could drive from one end to the other, only stopping for intersections.Not anymore.It is now divided into …

I agree with your sentiment up to the point where you call for the NEC to terminate the employees who spoke. Not b/c they imprudently and possibly damagingly represented the …

There’s play in the margins b/c the citizens were speaking at a government meeting where the public had comment time. It’s the council or a council member who supposedly contacted …

booooooooo

But, where is there to go?

oh no! how will manage without the NEC while they figure things out? How can we go on?

Or another reason to ride a bike/walk/take a bus. It’s good to have choices.

Our taxes aren’t nearly enough to pay for everything, thanks in part to Prop 13.

From the article: City Engineer Jesse Willor said most of the funds will go toward parking lot upkeep and deferred maintenance… The funds would also cover the cost of a …